Prior to leading the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto met with the military leaders of his country to plead with them not to attack the United States. He had studied in America and had witnessed first hand the industrial might and the will of the American people. He told his superiors that they could not hope to defeat the United States. The best they could do would be to outrun us for about 18 months.

(From a sermon by Stephen Sheane, "What is the Church?")

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